Improved eye-sirup



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-WILL IS C. HALL AND COLATRES MOORE, OF CALIFORNIA, MIS- I sonar.

. Letters Patent No. 93,300, dated August? 1869.

IMPROVED EYE-SIRUP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIS G. HALL, and O0- mmuns Moons, of California, in the county of Moniteau, and State of Missouri, have'made a certain new and useful medicinal compound, which, from its use and nature we designate an Eye-sirup; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full and true description thereof, in its ingredients, and method of-compounding, and application.

The said sirup is to be used for diseased eyes, more especially, although the same may be used to allay inflammation in other delicate tissues of the body. The

same is formed out of the principalingredients in the manner now more fully to be described.

We take of pulverized white sugar, by weight, seventy (70) parts; of sulphate of zinc, powdered, by weight, thirty-five (35) partsyand of, by preference, red aniline, but which may be aniline of other colors, by weight, one (1) part, and dissolve the same in as many parts of clear soft-water as will give a solution without sediment.

There may be a slight departure from the proportions thus given, and especially in aggravated cases of chronic eye diseases the quantity. of the last-named ingredient may be increased to strengthen the medicinal effect of said ingredient.

The sirup, thus formed, is a clear reddish liquid, and it is applied by mixing, say, three (3) drops thereof with five (5) drops of clear, usually soft water, the eyelids and corners being thoroughly bathed therewith,

saythree(3) t-imcsaday, after meals. This is continued chronic inflammation, twoi'(2) drops of the sirup will 'beusedwith six (6) lto eight (8) drops of clear water,

in the general mannerbefore described.

We do not limit ourselves to the exclusive use of the two ingredients first mentioned; we are aware that there are sundry chemicallyrequivalent compounds and ingredients that may replace them in our said eyesirup and having thus fully described our invention,

1. The use of aniline compounds, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. The use of the several ingredients, substantially as and for the purposes set'forthf In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of I WILLIS O. HALL.

' O. MOORE;

Witnesses:

.1110. M. WILLIAMS, JAMES JORDAN. 

